Pakistan an important ally of United States: Pentagon
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ISLAMABAD - Pentagon asserted on Tuesday that Pakistan is an important ally of United States in South Asia’s strategy.
Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman and Director of Defense Press Operations for the U.S. Department of Defense, said this in an off camera news conference.
Responding to a question over Trump’s interview to Fox News, Manning maintained that Pakistan and US has mutual interests in the region whereas no change has occurred in their military ties.
In an interview on Sunday, the Republican leader had said he canceled assistance worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan earlier this year because "they don’t do anything for us".
Trump had also told Fox News that bin Laden had lived "beautifully in Pakistan and what I guess in what they considered a nice mansion. I don’t know, I’ve seen nicer."
